Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

917 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: mail, stagecoach stop

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ユウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

便(ゆうびん)   mail, postal service

便物(ゆうびんぶつ)   postal items

便局(ゆうびんきょく)   post office

送料(ゆうそうりょう)   postage, freight costs

便屋さん(ゆうびんやさん)   postman

送する(ゆうそうする)   mail, post, send

Onyomi Examples

政省 ユウセイショウ (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

ユウセイ postal system

デンユウ (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail), e-mail message, electronic mail (e-mail) service, electronic mail (e-mail) system

携帯電 ケイタイデンユウ email from a cell phone or mobile phone